The function of local research ethics committees is to consider the ethics of research proposals using human participants. After approval has been given, there is no comprehensive system in place to ...

Is it possible to invoke the use of moral responsibility as part of the selection criteria in the allocation of livers for transplant? Criticism has been applied to the difficulties inherent in ...

1 Pharmacy Health Care Administration, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA 2 Pharmacy Health Care Administration, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 3 College of Education, ...

Correspondence to Rebecca Roache, Royal Holloway, University of London, Department of Philosophy, Egham, Surrey, UK; rebecca.roache{at}royalholloway.ac.uk In considering the value to parents of being ...

Correspondence to Dr J K Margetts, Centre for Medical Education Research, Durham University, Burdon House, Leazes Road, Durham DH1 1TA, UK; j.k.margetts{at}durham.ac.uk Ongoing serious breaches in ...

3 Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa Correspondence to Professor Leslie Swartz, Department of ...

Correspondence to Professor Lauren B Solberg, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7011, USA; lbsolberg{at}ufl.edu Physicians anecdotally report inquiring about ...

In her recent article, Shahvisi1 argues that ethicists address the ethics of scarce resources at length but scarcely address ...

The suitability of doctors as agents of assisting dying remains debated, although it is common in many jurisdictions, and ...

In January 2012, the Journal of Medical Ethics published online Giubilini and Minerva's paper, ‘After-birth abortion. Why should the baby live?’.1 The Journal publishes articles based on the quality ...

1 Centre for Human Bioethics, SOPHIS, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Mass vaccination has been a successful public health strategy for many contagious diseases. The immunity of the ...